 Fr.
Bernhard Thomas Blankenhorn,
OP
Fr. Bernhard was born in Germany in 1973. He immigrated to the United
States in 1984, and lived in the Los Angeles area until entering the Dominican novitiate
in 1998. He earned a B.A. majoring in political science from the California State
Polytechnic University in Pomona in 1997. He fell away from the Church during his
early college years, but returned in 1995. He began to discern a call to religious
life shortly after graduating from college, and was drawn to the Order of Preachers by the
balance of contemplation and action, and by its preaching and teaching apostolates.
He made his first vows on September 4, 1999 and his solemn vows on January 31, 2004. He completed his M.A.
in philosophy in 2002, as well as M.A. and M.Div. degrees in theology in 2006. He was ordained a priest on
June, 29 2006. His interests are in systematic theology, especially St. Thomas Aquinas, the sacraments and
the doctrine of God. He hopes to teach at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley
(DSPT), at a university, or at a seminary, to publish books and articles, and to continue to teach adult
catechesis.
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November 2006
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Ordination to
the priesthood
June 29, 2006
- Bernhard Blankenhorn, OP, "The Instrumental Causality of the Sacraments: Thomas Aquinas and Louis-Marie Chauvet,"
Nova et Vetera, English Edition,Vol. 4,
No. 2 (2006): 255–94.
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Bibliography (Word)
May 1, 2006
- Diaconate Ordination Slide Show
June 2005rdained a deacon while in
France.
-
Solemn Vows
Slide Show
January 31, 2004
- Divine
Suffering in Hans Urs von Balthasar:
Theological Method
and Pastoral Implications.
A presentation
in Celebration of the
feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
at St. Albert Priory, Oakland, CA.
January 28th, 2004, 7:30
PM
- Bernhard Blankenhorn, OP, "Balthasar's Method of Divine
Naming," Nova et Vetera,
English Edition, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2003) 245-68.
- Bernhard, Blakenhorn, OP, "The
Good as Self-Diffusive in Thomas Aquinas,"
Angelicum,
English Edition, Vol. 79 (2002) 803-837.
- Reflections on the First Profession of Vows
by Br. Bernhard
September 4, 1999
- St. Thomas Aquinas
by Br. Bernhard
1998
-
Novices Class
August 1998
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